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ELEVATED CABLE RAILWAY.

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CHARLES LEAVITT, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

ELEVATED CABLE R A| LWAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,464, datedSeptember 19, 1882.

Application filed January 23, 1882. (No model.) i

To all whom 'Lt may concern:

Be'it known that I, CHARLES LEAVITT, of Cleveland. in the county ofOuyahoga and State of Ohio, have in vented certain new and usefulImprovements in Elevated Cable Railways; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and complete description thereof.

The nature of my improvements relate to elevated cable railways; and itconsists in the means employed for preventing the cars from being'derailed, which means may be used in connection with any suitabletruss-work for the railway and cars.

For a. more full and complete description of the said improvementsreference will be made to the following specification, and to theannexed drawings, making a part thereof, in

' sustained by the same truss-work and supports. The double tracksabove, in connection with the frame-works and improvements, are or maybe essentially alike, and the double tracks below, with the improvementsin connection therewith, may also be alike. Hence, for brevity, one ofthe tracks above, with its improved attachments, need only be set forth,and the same with reference to the lower tracks and connections.

In the drawings, A represents the truss or frame-work and supports,which may be of any suitable construction, for the upper and lowertracks. To this frame-work are secured, in any suitable manner, therails B of the upper line and the rails B of the lower line. Thesaid'frame-work is sustained by thecolumns O, which rest upon theground, Figs. 1 and 2.

To the frame-work, which rises above the flangeless car-wheels l), isfastened a stringer, E, on each side above the wheels, as seen in Fig.2. The wheelsl) are provided with axles, and have journal-boxes in thecar-truck F, upon which the car G is supported at both ends, as seen inFig.1. To the under side of the car truck is journaled rollers a a a to,Figs. 2 and 3. These rollers are so arranged to run against the side ofthe head of the rails at right angles to the car-wheels D, as seen inFigs. 2, 3, 4. There is allowed sufficient space between the rollers aand the rail to admit of little lateral play of the rollers,'to preventunduestrain upon the truck and car, and frictional resistance by anyunevenness of the rails.

By the construction and arrangement of the described frame-work and theattachments the car is prevented from being derailed either by anylateral force or by raising the car. It is prev vented from beingderailed laterally by action of the rollers a, as any force in a lateraldirection sufiicient to move the car will bring the rollers a incontactwith the rails on one side or the other, according to the direction ofthe lateral movement of the car; also, by means of the stringers-ll,which are secured along the line to the frame-work directly over thewheels D but not in contact, the car is prevented from being forcedupward from the track, and as the car-truck and wheel are between theframe-Work, as seen in Fig. 2, the car is effectually prevented frombeing forced from the rails. The wheels D being flange- Iess there isless frictional resistance, which admits of the car running more easilyover the track.

By raising the frame-work above or in line withthe top of the wheel, ornearly so, it admits of an easy entrance to and from the car, as theplatforms H are secured to the framework near to the bottom of the car,as seen in Fig.2. i

The clutch mechanism 0, Fig. 2, maybe of any suitable arrangement forstopping, starting, and controlling the motion of the car in connectionwith the cable.

Having set forth the upper line and its attachments, reference will nowbe made to the lower one, with the attachments and appendages, which aresimilar in some parts to the upper one.

Near to the bottom of the truss are secured the rails B B, upon whichrun the flangeless truck-wheels I I, provided with a common axle andjournaledin boxes in the car-truck H, or so arranged that each wheel ofthe truck runs independently of theothers.

Above the fla ngeless truck-wl1eels I, Figs. 1 and 2, is secured to theframe-work a stringer, J, and journaled to the under side of the truck Hare rollers a, at right angles to the truckwheels I. These rollers a arearranged in the same relation to the rails B asthe rollers a a are tothe rails B, the stringersJ being for the same purpose as the stringers1*]. The arrangement of the several described parts in Fig. 4 forpreventing the cars from being derailed on the upper track issubstantially the same as that shown and described tor holding thetrucks E and H and cars upon the upper and lower tracks, the onlymaterial difference being that the upper car rests upon the trucks,while the lower our, L, is suspended from the truck by means ofbrace-rods M,Figs. land 2.

The cable-clutch mechanism N is connected with the shaft 0, whichextends into the car L, for operating the said clutch in stopping,starting, and controlling the motion of the car as it is conveyed alongthe track by the moving cable over pulleys or along the line of thetrack. The clutch N, connected with the upper car, is operated in thesame way and for the same purpose. The shaft S of the clutch extends upinto the car G for convenience in handling. The cable for moving theears extends along the line of the roads over pulleys T R, and isoperated by a suitable motor.

No special description of the cars, trucks, cable-clutch, or truss-workhas been given, as my improvements are not confined to any particularconstruction and arrangement thereof.

The improvements set forth may be used in eonnetiou withvariousconstructions of elevated railways without departing from theessential features herein claimed. Hence the reference herein made tothe cars,clutch,and trusswork is for the purpose principally of showingthe application of my invention to this class of railways.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-- In elevated cable rail ways, the car suspended by rods connectedwith the truck, having flangeless wheels whiehare keptupon a smoothtally in immediate proximity to the wheels and against the inner face ofthe rail,substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I atiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES LEAVITT. Witnesses:

W. H. BURRIDGE, C. H. \VILLIAMS.

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